Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [num] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pacino may pick a consolation Supporting Oscar for his hunchback in Dick Tracy , but this year could see instead ‘ length of service ’ Oscars for Richard Harris ( first nominated in 1963 for This Sporting Life ) and Joanne Woodward ( first nominated in 1957 for The Three Faces of Eve ) . |
| 2 | Having housed a wartime officers ' mess and a succession of families , the house had undergone a motley array of alterations since it was remodelled in 1800 for a local mill owner . |
| 3 | The Oxford Messiah is a special version of Handel 's original work and was written in 1749 for a one-off performance at the the Sheldonian . |
| 4 | Built in 1934 for the infamous 1936 Hitler Olympics , when the black hero of America , Jesse Owens , smashed the formidable sprint opposition of Germany , the stadium had withstood the Allied bombings during the war and became a symbol of a new Germany when Berlin was split in half by the Wall . |
| 5 | The railway works at Crewe were built in 1843 for the Grand Junction Railway , which became part of the London and North Western Railway three years later . |
| 6 | Goodridge 's best-known work is the Lansdown tower on the edge of the city , built in 1824–7 for the celebrated William Beckford [ q.v. ] , who had settled in Bath in 1823 ; and this and his own residence , Montebello ( later Bathwick Grange ) on Bathwick Hill ( 1828–30 ) , are compositions of great originality , combining a Picturesque irregularity of form with an eclectic mixture of Greek and Italianate detail . |
| 7 | A second station , built in 1855 for the long defunct Stamford and Essendine Railway , was even more elaborately Tudor and indeed much closer to Burghley in its detailing . |
| 8 | ( Silcott remained in prison , to complete a separate life sentence imposed in 1986 for an unrelated murder committed in 1984 . ) |
| 9 | If the Government approves the company 's bid , an application will be made in 1991 for a parliamentary bill . |
| 10 | The rate of destruction of the Amazon rainforest slowed during 1991 for the third year running , according to satellite evidence . |
| 11 | The total was 109,373 compared with 101,107 for the same period last year , said the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders . |
| 12 | In the case of the Hannibalic War as many as fifty-four hoards have been found , compared with eighteen for the next whole half-century ; in the case of the Civil War there are ninety-eight , compared with twenty-four for the period 1625–41 and nine for 1649–60 . |
| 13 | On April 7 the 32-strong UK Conservative group in the EP joined the Christian Democratic European Popular Party ( EPP ) group , bringing its numbers to 162 as compared with 180 for the largest group , the Socialists.The Conservatives had asked to join the EPP group after the 1989 European elections but protracted negotiations had resulted from Belgian , Italian and Netherlands Christian Democrats scepticism about the Conservative commitment to Europe . |
| 14 | Euro Disney at present has some 36 rides and attractions , compared with 45 for the Magic Kingdom in Florida and 53 at Disneyland in California . |
| 15 | Applied to problem P1 of Section 8.2 , it gives x 2 l = 7 , x 4 l = 1 , x 43 = 3 , x 45 = 1 and x 46 = 4 , which has a cost of 67 compared with 92 for the initial BFS given in that section . |
| 16 | In the May 1990 congressional elections the ruling PRSC retained control of the Senate , winning 16 seats , compared with 12 for the Dominican Liberation Party ( Partido de la Liberación Dominicana — PLD ) and two for the Dominican Revolutionary Party ( Partido Revolucionario Dominicano — PRD ) . |
| 17 | The price-earnings ratio for larger hardware companies was 19.7 compared with 16.5 for the smaller firms , with total market capitalisation to turnover ratio almost even at 0.73 against 0.78 . |
| 18 | The UNC had the support of six members of the House of Representatives compared with three for the official opposition PNM . |
| 19 | This left him tied on 205 for the three rounds with Baker-Finch , who shot 72 on the third day . |
| 20 | The self-builder is still Britain 's largest housebuilder , with more than 10,000 finishes last year compared to 8,500 for the largest speculative developer . |
| 21 | As we show on page 21 , Labour is now second to the Tories in 186 seats ( compared to 145 for the Liberal Democrats ) . |
| 22 | The number of planning applications dealt with by Middlesbrough Council between January and March fell to 148 compared to 193 for the previous quarter . |
| 23 | It was formed in 1939 for the same purpose as the NL , to amalgamate and strengthen various extreme right-wing and pro-fascist movements . |
| 24 | On March 14 , 1990 , the government announced that it would proceed with a controversial proposal first mooted in 1984 for an elected executive presidency [ ibid . ] . |
| 25 | Conscious that it was operating in an extremely competitive market which faced the possible de-regulation of traditional milk marketing boards , this East-Kilbride-based family company opted in 1988 for a radical marketing strategy to change its fortunes and take it from a West of Scotland dairy company to a major force . |
| 26 | As a result , an Intentional series , known as the Tasman Cup , was introduced in 1964 for the old 2½ litre formula . |
| 27 | This was the Scottish equivalent of the GCE O level and was introduced in 1962 for the top 30% of school pupils . |
| 28 | Par for this giant among seaside courses has been amended to 73 for the Amateur Championship , ‘ but today it 's more like 76 ’ declared club professional , Dai Stevenson . |
| 29 | Slobodan Milosevic , the Serbian President and a former leader of the Serbian communists , was elected president of the new party on July 17 , receiving 1,299 of the votes cast against 66 for the other candidate , the Socialist Alliance leader Radmila Andeljkova . |
| 30 | We can gain some idea of this from data included in the household survey cards compiled in 1929–30 for the New survey of London life and labour ( see Appendix 1 ) . |